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iFart Mobile developer reveals that sales of his iFart Mobile application were boosted over 3x over the course of Christmas eve and Christmas day. MacRumors had previously reported the sales numbers for the #1 spot had topped out at 13,274 units on December 22nd. The developer reveals that on Christmas eve sales jumped to 19,520 units and on Christmas day sales shot up to 38,927. After...

TouchArcade has compiled a cross sectional list of some of the best games for the iPhone in 2008: Since a single best list is such a hard list to come up with due to individual tastes, weve instead compiled a list of games that we consider to an excellent cross section of iPhone gaming and could be seen as required reading for iPhone and iPod Touch gamers. - Aurora Feint: The Beginning (Free) -...

Rolando It's been a big week in iPhone gaming this week with a couple of major releases of long anticipated titles and a big announcement by Konami. Rolando - We first covered this game back in July and was one of the first iPhone games we got excited about. It finally arrived and first impressions are very good. SimCity - EA's SimCity is a near complete port of the PC version of...

Apple must allow other mobile carriers to sell the iPhone 3G in France based on a ruling today. The decision overturns an exclusive arrangement with Apple that has allowed Orange to be the iPhone's exclusive distributor in France since the phone was launched last year.Orange does not believe the decision will affect agreements in other countries. Bouygues Telecom "welcomed" the ruling and plans to ...

We're not sure how much more confirmation is really needed, but in case you doubted the original rumor, Wal-Mart confirmations, and previously leaked ad, here's another leaked memo to confirm what we all know: Wal-Mart will be carrying the iPhone on December...

AT&T has started offering refurbished iPhones for discounted prices through their website. The 8GB Black iPhone is available for $149 ($50 off) while the 16GB (White and Black) are available for $249 ($50 off). We're not sure how much stock is available. The last time AT&T offered refurbished iPhones, they sold out rather...

Gizmodo reports that the iPhone Dev Teams has unlocked the iPhone 3G and are planning to release the software on December 31st. While it took a little longer than the free iPhone EDGE unlock, it does sound like this is the real deal. The team is claiming a successful unlocknow the next step is to package it up in a user-friendly GUI app like Pwnage Tool."Unlocking" is the process by which...

iPhone Alley is reporting that updated USB kernel extensions in yesterday's Mac OS 10.5.6 update breaks mac-based iPhone/iPod touch jailbreaking tools. Workarounds are documented by the Dev-Team blog and include re-installing the relevant 10.5.5 kernel extensions or using a USB hub. While many may have lost interest in "jailbreaking" their iPhones since Apple has implemented the App Store,...

Solrobots.com, developer of SaveBenjis [App Store] let us know that he had found new Top 100 listings per category in the iTunes Store. The changes have not yet propagated out to all iTunes clients, but here is a list of what we've found so far. Books: Paid / Free Business: Paid / Free Education: Paid / Free Entertainment: Paid / Free Finance: Paid / Free Games: Paid / Free...

Apple has removed the Top 100 Paid and Free App Store listings from the App Store this afternoon for unclear reasons. Some speculate that Apple could be reformulating the listings based on recent criticism. It's also possible that it is simply at temporary technical error. A recent listing of the Top 100 Paid and Free apps are available at AppShopper.com. Thanks to TwoPixels/OldBooth ...

Apple today released iPhone Configuration Utility 1.1 for Mac and Windows. The software allows corporate system administrators to deploy configuration files that allow their users' iPhones to communicate with enterprise systems. The Mac version weighs in at 8.87 MB and requires OS X 10.5.3 or later, while the Windows version weighs in at 26 MB and requires XP Service Pack 3 or Vista Service...

iPhone developer TapTapTap put together this photo mosaic to mark the 10,000 app milestone in the App Store. A higher quality and full size mosaic is available on Flickr....

TwoPixels.pl has released a fun new app called OldBooth [App Store] that takes photos from your iPhone's camera roll and places them through various masks that can give you an old timey makeover. Have you ever wondered what you'd have looked like in another era? How about your friends? Be a lady from 20s or a funky hairy hippie. Now you can turn into in the fastest way ever. Just choose...

Incase Power Slider ($99) iPhone Alley has organized a nice holiday gift guide for the iPhone. Amongst the products that caught our eye was the Incase Power Slider ($99) (pictured above) which offers a protective case and extended battery back in one. The guide also covers the usual mix of regular cases, speakers, headsets and car...

CNet reports that Google has confirmed that they are using an undocumented API in their Google voice-search application. Google's mobile application takes advantage of the iPhone's proximity sensor to start "listening" for a new voice search. While a useful and unique feature, it technically runs afoul of the iPhone SDK's rules that prevent the use of undocumented APIs. Under the original terms ...

Techeblog points out a coaster set designed from the iPhone's home screen icons. Technabob describes that the set was designed by Meninos design: Created by the guys over at Brazils Meninos design (the same guys who make these awesome hard drives), these icon coasters are a great gift for any iPhone addict. All your favorite applications are there, from Maps to Calculator, from iPod to...

We'd previously reported that Return7's CastCatcher update had been rejected by Apple due to "excessive" bandwidth usage. CastCatcher is an internet radio application that works similarly to many other applications in the App Store, so Apple's rejection was a bit of a mystery. Fortunately, Return7 reports that Apple has now approved their update to CastCatcher. Version 1.3 should appear in...

Google will be bringing a voice-enabled search application to the iPhone, which the New York Times reports may be available sometime today. Users [...] can place the phone to their ear and ask virtually any question, like Wheres the nearest Starbucks? or How tall is Mount Everest? The sound is converted to a digital file and sent to Googles servers, which try to determine the words spoken and pass ...